Year: 2012

Real Client: Man Hit By Drunk Driver Who Veered into His Lane at 60 MPH

This is a real story about one of our law firm’s real drunk driving accident clients.  All names of individuals have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty alike.  But names of insurance companies are real, and the details of what happened have not been changed. “Arnold” was driving near Salem when a… read more

People Admit to Distracted Driving in New Survey

We’ve all seen it as we’ve driven along Oregon roads, and car accident lawyers in Portland have been kept busy looking after clients who have been the victims of behavior that often defies belief. In spite of the obvious dangers, some drivers continue to send text messages while tearing along the interstate. Lady drivers do… read more

What to Do After a Portland Slip and Fall Accident

Let’s face it. Slip-and-fall accident cases often receive highly negative publicity because of a number of well-documented incidents where attempts were made to defraud the premises owner with false claims. The fact is, people do fall in places like supermarkets and shopping malls, and they get injured, sometimes quite seriously. A Portland premises liability lawyer… read more

US DOT ‘Hours of Service’ Rule Prevents Truck Accidents

Virtually every product manufactured in the United States is transported by a truck at some stage. Trucks are an important cog in the country’s economic wheel. Portland truck accident lawyers know that trucks are also, simply because of their sheer size and weight, very dangerous objects and especially when the driver is tired. A 2006… read more

Road Rage Leads to Vehicular Assault in N. Portland

Lance Hamel, 38, recently became the victim in a case of road rage that ended up in court. Hamel knows that it could have been much worse. Instead of being in a courtroom explaining what had happened to him, he could easily have ended up in a cemetery. Road rage is a problem that many… read more

Olympic National Park: Lawsuit for Wrongful Death

When a 63-year-old Port Angeles man died from injuries he received after being attacked by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park in 2010, his family launched a wrongful death claim against the park for $10 million. The family said the park was responsible for the death and that they were negligent because they didn’t… read more

Portland Police Bureau Cracks Down on Hit and Run Drivers

There are crimes of passion, petty crimes, crimes of negligence and neglect, white collar crimes born of greed and corruption…it’s true to say there are almost as many types of crime as there are criminals. But then there is the crime that in many ways is worse than most others. Portland bicycle accident lawyers and… read more

PIP Covers All Drivers Who Drive With Car Owner’s Permission

The State of Oregon Court of Appeals recently heard such a case, where Geico Insurance Company was the defendant in a case taken by Brandon Sheptow (Sheptow v. Geico Gen. Ins. Co., 246 OR App 18 (2011)). This case sets a precedent that anyone driving a car (with the owner’s permission) will be covered under… read more

Portland Rollover Accidents Are Still a Problem

If a traffic accident that injures or kills drivers and passengers could have been prevented long before the accident took place, is it right to still call it an accident? If a design flaw causes a vehicle to roll over after a tire blows out or when a driver makes a sudden turn for whatever… read more

Gathering Your Oregon Medical Records

In the case of an Oregon traffic accident where someone has been hurt, a Portland injury lawyer will not only want to see his client’s medical records, he or she will also know what to do with them to help their client’s case. A recent study has shown that most patients would like access to… read more